Improvement in padlocks



V w. WILCOX.

Improvement in P'ad-Locks.

129,879. Patnt edjuly 23,1872;-

fiziaemes. hawk? m. ma-m-urHoemm/c WMX/D'SEUR/l/ES moans) WILLIAMWILGOX, or MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

ATENT OFFICE.

EMPROVEMENT I N PADLOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,979, dated July 23,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WrLcox, of Middletown, Middlesex county,State of Conneoticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Bridge-Wards for Locks.

The following is a specification thereof:

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and substantialbridge-ward for looks;

and it consists of a thin metal plate punched in such form that it canbe placed into the recesses or ways for the bolt by entering one arminto the hole of the front post, through which the bolt passes, and theother arm into the slot of the opposite post, it being kept in positionby a projection on the tumbler in the same manner that the bolt isretained.

To enable others to make and use my improvement, I will proceed todescribe the same,

- referring to the drawing hereto annexed.

Figure lrepresents the form of my improved bridge-ward, which is madefrom thin sheet metal-a a the arms to fit into the recesses or ways forthe bolt. Fig. 2 represents the bridgeward in its position in therecesses or ways for the, bolt .in the posts I) b, where it is held bythe projection e on the tumbler. A slot is made in the end of thekey-bit k, which admits the bridge-wardv while the key is raising thetumbler d and carrying the bolt 0.

fourth, riveting the same to the posts. Wards.

made in this mode are liable to be displaced, so as not to enter theslot of the key, while by my improved mode of making they are simplypunched from thin sheet metal and dropped to place when the lock isassembled.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A sheet-metal bridge-ward, provided with arms a a, oneof which isplacedin the hole of the front post, through which the bolt passes, and theother arm placed in the slot of the opposite post, and is held inposition by a projection, e, on the tumbler.

WILLIAM WILCOX. Witnesses: V

C. E. ATKINS, J os. D. VANSANDS.

